WoRMS taxon details
Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 274187
AphiaID: 274187
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Bothidae (Family) > Bothus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Bothus Rafinesque, 1810 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bothus lunulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Platophrys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pleuronectes argus Bloch, 1783 Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, 1758 Rhomboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Romboidichthys lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) | |||||||
| Sources |
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] | |||||||
| Host of |
Caligus pomacentrus Cressey, 1991 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 15 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274187 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274187 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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